Richard D. Rippe.

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Richard D. Rippe was recently elected a member of the NBER's Board of Directors representing the National Association for Business Economics. He is a Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Prudential Securities Incorporated. He joined the firm in 1991.

Rippe received his A.B. degree in economics from Harvard College and his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University. He taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and was Chief Economist at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. before joining...